Poland's Ministry of Health on Wednesday reported the highest number of hospitalised COVID patients since May. Furthermore, 18,550 new infections and 269 deaths were recorded. Deputy Health Minister Waldemar Kraska said the government wasn't planning any new restrictions at that time.
The Ministry of Health informed on Wednesday that 11,588 COVID patients were being hospitalised, including 951 hooked to ventilators. This was the highest number of hospitalisations since May.
Last week on Wednesday, the number stood at 8,257, whereas two weeks ago - at 5,601.
At the moment, Polish hospitals have 17,137 beds and 1,529 venitaltors ready for COVID patients.
The ministry also said 18,550 new infections and 269 deaths were recorded within the last 24 hours.
Last year on November 10, the ministry informed about 24,484 new cases and 330 deaths, whereas last week, on November 3 - about 10,429 infections and 124 deaths.
According to the report, 343,539 people were in quarantine, whereas 2,761,194 have recovered from COVID-19.
"Up to 40,000 cases in 10 days"
Deputy Health Minister Waldemar Kraska told PAP on Wednesday the governement was not planning to introduce any new restrictions in the coming days, including regional.
Earlier that day, he told private broadcaster Radio Zet that according to the latest worst-case scenarios, in approx. 10 days, the infection rate could spike up to 40,000 cases daily.
He added that the Delta variant, which causes severe symptoms much sooner, was responsible for nearly 100% latest cases.
Since the start of the pandemic (March 4, 2020), Poland has reported 3,143,725 infection cases and 78,250 COVID-related deaths.
Źródło: TVN24 News in English, PAP, Radio Zet
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